A YOUNG motorcyclist was badly hurt in a collision that has left residents calling for a junction to be made safer.

He was taken to hospital with leg and arm injuries after the crash involving a black Mercedes in Green Lane, Shepperton, at 8pm last Saturday (March 3).

Haiyan Kang, 44, who lives in Western Drive across the road from the incident, said: “It is not an easy junction to use.

“There is traffic coming from four ways and I often have trouble pulling out because there is traffic coming from several directions at once.

“I am not surprised this has happened. My first reaction was that this is not a safe junction and someone needs to do something about it. It looked like a terrible accident.”

Margaret Fowler, proprietor of Elegance hairdressers in Green Lane, said: “It is a difficult junction, especially pulling out from the Green Lane side onto the main road.

“Someone was knocked over and killed there a few years ago, and there have been a few accidents over the years.

“I don’t know what can be done but people do fly along there.

“You have to pull out really far to be able to see as the railings block the view.”

Surrey Police officers and South East Coast Ambulance Service attended the scene after the white Yamaha motorcycle and Mercedes were in collision.

A spokesman said: “Surrey Police is appealing for witnesses after a serious collision in Upper Halliford on March 3.

“The incident took place outside Shepperton Superstore. Ambulance crews attended nd the motorcyclist was taken to St George’s Hospital for treatment to what are believed to be non-life threatening injuries.”

He added: “Traffic was held for a short period of time while emergency crews attended the scene.”

Anyone who witnessed the incident or the events leading up to it should contact Surrey Police on 101 quoting reference P12062853.